{"id":881,"date":"2009-03-18T08:51:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T13:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2009-08-13T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T14:24:38","slug":"the-day-i-lost-my-pants-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-plans\/the-day-i-lost-my-pants-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day I Lost My Pants In NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the day after Thanksgiving when I lost my pants. I was headed in from Connecticut to New York City with my fiance to explore what was then a still-emerging art gallery scene in Soho. We were enjoying the trip in but things started to go wrong when we got off the subway.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d misread the subway map and got off one stop too early. That wouldn\u2019t normally have been a problem, but when we emerged from the subway station, rain was coming down in buckets. We had rain jackets but no umbrella, and the temperature was just above freezing.<\/p>\n

By the time we\u2019d walked a few blocks, our jeans were soaked through and we were both shivering and miserable. We were too cold to spend the day wandering around soaking wet. The choice was, either to give up and go home, or do something about our wet clothes and try to save our day together in the city. We opted for the latter.<\/p>\n

What would you have done?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We stopped at a corner store, bought a newspaper and went looking for a way to dry our pants. A block away, behind a heavy metal door, we found a tiny laundromat with just three washers and dryers.<\/p>\n

We peeled off our wet jeans behind the newspaper and popped them into a dryer. We sat down to wait, trying to be as discreet as possible about our state of undress. (Newspapers are handy in such situations, but to tell you the truth, the New Yorkers around us didn\u2019t even blink when we took off our pants.)<\/p>\n

Thirty minutes later, we had warmed up, our jeans were dry, the rain had let up and we were back on track. We\u2019d salvaged what could have turned into a really bad day.<\/p>\n

Ever have something bad happen that turned into something good?
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P.S.<\/strong> Don\u2019t lose your pants in this recession. Do something about it.<\/p>\n

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